38,465 real projects from ISEF, the Canada-Wide Science Fair, JSHS, AJAS, the Calgary Youth Science Fair and the California Science & Engineering Fair — searchable by meaning, and filterable by fair, year, category and award.
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
A digital simulation tool has been developed for the purpose of investigating the possibility of approximating bicycle traffic systems with a Monte Carlo simulation. Alternative types of tra…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Science Third Award
Objectives/Goals California#s local tide pools are home to thousands of species of organisms that are vital to our aquatic ecosystem. Largely due to human impacts, these ecosystems are becom…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
While Machine Learning has made great strides in predictions, less research has been done on the application of AI to the engineering design. The purpose of this research was to test machine…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The Osteochondral (OC) interface is composed of the subchondral plate (ScP), the attached articularcartilage (AC), and the calcified cartilage between. Histology has suggest…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
The purpose of this scientific inquiry, the Chocolate Garden, was to determine the most effective method of composting waste cocoa shell from a local chocolate company. About 20% of the tota…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Collisions of a buckyball at various supersonic initial speeds with a single-layer graphene sheet, double-layer graphene, and single-layer SiC sheet were studied using quantum mechanics-base…
CSEF · 2017
Microbiology (General) Third Award
Objectives/Goals The experiment sought to determine a novel method for combating antibiotic resistance among gram-negative strains by targeting the quorum sensing signaling pathway responsib…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
In order to continue the growth and improvement of society economically, environmentally, and sustainably, it is essential to develop advancements in materials to create new reliable sources…
ISEF · 2017
Engineering Mechanics Third Award
In response to the growing issue of global pollution, an inexpensive solution must be manufactured to test for pollutant levels in local bodies of water. These waters can be used by resident…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The formation of central crater mounds on Mars is not well understood, especially in the under-studied mid-latitude regions. Changes in Mars' climate have affected the amount of sediment and…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
As needs for different implant materials in the surgical field rise, bioceramics, specifically bioglass are proving to be more effective than traditional graft materials. Bioceramics are cer…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Physical Third Award
The main issue associated with solar power is its high costs, caused by the expensive tracking systems required for solar energy systems to remain efficient. Furthermore, current solar conce…
CSEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Objectives/Goals The main issue associated with solar power is its high costs, caused by the expensive tracking systems required for solar energy systems to remain efficient. Furthermore, cu…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Third Award
The Zika Virus (ZIKV) has recently been a major cause of concern in many parts of the world. ZIKV infections are linked to fetal and newborn microcephaly, a spectrum of abnormalities in the…
CSEF · 2017
Mammalian Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine the most effective, non-invasive method to measure glucose for diabetics by comparing the concentration of glucose in saliva and…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical Engineering Third Award
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the name for a group of developmental disorders. ASD includes a range of symptoms, skills, and levels of disability. According to the Centers for Disease Co…
ISEF · 2017
Biomedical and Health Sciences Third Award
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that can regulate circadian gene expression. This study investigates the relationship of miRNA and microbiome levels to diurnal variations in hum…
CSEF · 2017
Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology Third Award
Objectives/Goals The objective of this study is to determine whether or not the presence of food in the stomach affects iron absorption (and iron absorption rate). Methods/Materials Three so…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
According to Adams and Galinsky’s (2012) enclothed cognition effect, clothing can have a strong influence on an individual's performance. Particular articles of clothing, such as a doctor’s…
CSEF · 2017
Applied Mechanics & Structures Third Award
Objectives/Goals Currently there are no effective means of disabling drones that pose a threat to public safety, security, privacy, aviation or property. My goal is to create a drone mounted…
ISEF · 2017
Translational Medical Science Third Award
BACKGROUND: Malaria is a disease that mainly affects the poor, and is caused by a parasite (plasmodium) that cannot reproduce outside of humans. Most malaria patients are asymptomatic until…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
We can obtain the albedo that can be observed from outside the earth using the spectrum of the earthshine. Based on this, we conducted this study analyzing the chemical composition of exopla…
ISEF · 2017
Mathematics Third Award
Purpose: Given a prime p and polynomial f, how many pairs (x,y) are there such that y^a-x^b*f(x) is a multiple of p? Equivalently, how many rational points lie on a superelliptic curve? Answ…
ISEF · 2017
Environmental Engineering Third Award
Fertilizers containing nitrogen continue to be an integral aspect of the farming economy in the Midwest. Excess run-off of nitrates has become an environmental hazard. When the growth of alg…
ISEF · 2017
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Third Award
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) affects three million individuals in the United States alone, resulting in approximately $15 billion in healthcare costs annually. T1D results from the autoimm…
ISEF · 2017
Energy: Chemical Third Award
An Experimental Study of the Enhanced Behaviour of a species A SPECIFIC COMPOSITION SPECIE OF COMMERCIALLY VIABLE crack-and-pore NiHCd HER Electrode(56.3 wt.% of nickel and 43.7 wt.% of coba…
ISEF · 2017
Materials Science Third Award
Light Fidelity (LiFi), a multi-functional tool that provides high-speed secure data transmission through lighting, is currently being developed to substitute WiFi. However, its dependency on…
ISEF · 2017
Cellular and Molecular Biology Third Award
The practice of smoking hookah, a traditional smoking apparatus that uses charcoal to indirectly heat shisha tobacco, as a possible alternative to cigarettes is an emerging trend of global s…
ISEF · 2017
Behavioral and Social Sciences Third Award
This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of Express without Stress device (EWS) on treating stuttering disorder. The study methodology contained three phases. First, a survey was design…
ISEF · 2017
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
The E821 experiment conducted in the national light source synchrotron in 2001 measured the muon's anomalous magnetic moment to a precision of 0.74 ppm, producing a three sigma difference be…